Lap 400: The race ends with Harvick still in 34th place, six laps down. Harvick has finished 27th or worse in the last four races. His last top-10 finish was March 8 at Atlanta, where he took fourth.

Lap 362: The green flag comes back out.

Lap 356: The caution comes out for the 14th time when David Reutimann spins off turn two.

Lap 350: Harvick restarts the race still in 34th. He's the only car six laps down. Scott Speed, running 33rd, is four laps down and 35th-place David Stremme is 29 laps back.

Lap 348: Harvick pits under the caution for Labonte's accident. His crew completes the stop in 14.6 seconds.

Lap 345: Bobby Labonte spins on the frontstretch to bring out the caution.

Lap 335: The race restarts with Harvick running in 34th place.

Lap 332: Because of the wreck, Harvick has moved up to 34th place.

Lap 327: Under caution, Harvick is told, "We'll get 'em in Darlington."

Lap 325: A multi-car crash between turns three and four brings out the caution flag.

Lap 319: Harvick's spotter reports something dragging under the car. It's said to be a splitter bar.

Lap 317: The green flag comes back out.

Lap 313: The caution comes out aagin when Mark Martin spins in turn two after a stack-up on the restart.

Lap 312: The green comes out as Harvick is exiting pit road. He's in 36th, six laps down.

Lap 310: Harvick comes in a third time under the caution to repair damage from his earlier mishap.

Lap 309: A second stop under caution is made.

Lap 308: Harvick pits for service. The only other driver on the same lap is Scott Speed, who runs 35th.

Lap 307: Marcos Ambrose spins into the wall in turn two to bring out the caution. Harvick is still 36th.

Lap 297: After making repairs on pit road, Harvick returns to the track. He's running 36th, four laps down.

Lap 293: The problem appears to have been caused by contact coming down the backstretch with Sam Hornish.

Lap 292: Harvick spins into the wall between turns three and four due to a blown left-rear tire. The caution is out.

Lap 291: The green flag comes back out.

Lap 286: Harvick and the crew decide not to stop under the yellow. None of the other leaders stop, leaving the No. 29 Shell Chevrolet still ninth.

Lap 285: Greg Biffle spins in turn two to bring out the caution. Harvick is running ninth.

Lap 279: The green flag drops with Harvick running 10th.

Lap 274: Harvick stops for four sticker tires. It takes 15.4 seconds to complete.

Lap 272: Debris in turn one brings out the caution. Harvick says the car is still bouncing and "WAY" too tight.

Lap 249: Leader Denny Hamlin has a 10.73-second lead over the bright red-and-yellow Shell Chevrolet.

Lap 245: Harvick blames racing in a pack for costing him track position. It's also reported that rain is back in the area.

Lap 242. The Shell Chevrolet is back to 11th.

Lap 230: Harvick battles David Reutimann for nearly a full lap, and eventually takes the 10th spot back.

Lap 226: Harvick is sandwiched three wide between Brian Vickers and A.J. Allmendinger.

Lap 222: Harvick slips under Tony Stewart to get back into the top 10. He's 5.4 seconds behind leader Martin Truex Jr.

Lap 217: The race restarts with Harvick in 11th place.

Lap 213: Harvick pits for four tires and fuel. It takes 17.2 seconds to complete the stop.

Lap 212: The caution's out for Jeff Burton's spin.

Lap 200: At the halfway point, Harvick is still seventh, 3 seconds behind leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 197: The race goes back to green with Harvick in seventh place.

Lap 193: The Shell Chevrolet pits for four tires and adjustments. The stop is completed in 15.2 seconds. It's Harvick's fifth pit stop of the night.

Lap 192: Harvick asks for a quarter-pound of air to be put back in the tire, and for a track bar adjustment.

Lap 191: Jimmie Johnson spins in turn two. The caution is out.

Lap 182: Harvick is already up to seventh, 4.8 seconds behind leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 174: The green flag is out. Harvick is running 11th.

Lap 172: Harvick says that the leaders are in "TROUBLE."

Lap 170: The top-five cars stay out, but Harvick pits for four tires and fuel. An air pressure change is his only adjustment. The stop is completed in 14.6 seconds.

Lap 169: Harvick is told that rain appears to be maybe 30 miles away from the track. It's still 31 laps until halfway, at which point the race could called complete if the weather does come.

Lap 168: Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray spin on the frontstretch to bring out the caution. Harvick says that he's too tight in the center of the turns.

Lap 163: Harvick has moved up to sixth. He's 2.41 seconds behind leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 156: The race goes back to green with Harvick running seventh.

Lap 155: Just before the race goes back to green, Harvick asks about the weather. He's told that things look OK.

Lap 153: Harvick reports that the car is bouncing while in gear.

Lap 151: Harvick comes in for service. Again, his crew completes the stop in 15.20 seconds. Harvick apologizes for pitting a bit sideways.

Lap 150: The caution comes out when Kasey Kahne spins off turn four. Harvick says he still needs grip up off the corner.

Lap 147: Now running eighth, Harvick trails leader Denny Hamlin by 8.19 seconds.

Lap 129: Harvick is 3.64 seconds behind leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 121: The race is restarted with Harvick in ninth place.

Lap 116: Harvick pits for four tires and fuel. His crew completes the stop in 15.2 seconds.

Lap 115: Jeremy Mayfield spins on the frontstretch, putting the race under caution. Harvick says that he's loose getting into the turns.

Lap 110: Now that the leaders have cycles through their stops, Harvick is running eighth, 12.84 seconds behind leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 106: The team's next estimated stop is on lap 194.

Lap 94: Harvick is on pit road. His crew completes the four-tire stop in 15 seconds flat.

Lap 85: Harvick says that forward bite is his main issue.

Lap 81: Harvick's team plans to pit in about 10 laps.

Lap 77: Harvick gets under Brian Vickers to move into 11th.

Lap 64: Running 12th, Harvick is 9.43 seconds behind leader Jeff Gordon.

Lap 27: Harvick has moved up to 13th.

Lap 14: The green flag comes out, and Harvick is 18th.

Lap 9: Dave Blaney spins, and the caution flag comes out.

Lap 7: The race is green.

Lap 5: The field is given the signal that the race will go green in two laps.

Lap 3: Harvick is told that the race will go green in a couple of laps, but he doesn't think turns two and four are ready.

7:55 p.m.: The green and yellow flags are out. The race has officially started, but it's under caution in order to allow further track drying.

7:50 p.m.: Harvick says the backstretch is dry. The only trouble spot seems to be coming off turn four.

7:48 p.m.: The crew and spotter are discussing how best to let Harvick know where his stall is on pit road.

7:46 p.m.: Harvick is told that if he loses sound in both ear pieces, to just let the crew know when he needs to pit.

7:44 p.m.: Harvick tells his spotter that he can only hear radio transmissions in his left ear.

7:43 p.m.: Cars have rolled off pit road.

7:38 p.m.: Grand Marshal Russ Friedman gives the command to fire engines.

Harvick comes into tonight's race having finished in the top 10 in the last eight Cup races at Richmond. However, he's not had a top-five finish at the 0.75-mile short track since winning in September 2006.

Kevin Harvick qualified 19th for tonight's race, with a lap of 125.681 mph. He also qualified 19th for last week's race at Talladega. Harvick has not had a top-10 starting spot since the fourth race of the season, at Atlanta, where he started 10th.

Harvick goes into the race 20th in the Sprint Cup standings, 381 points behind leader Kurt Busch and 145 points out of The Chase.

Race Day: At 6:46 p.m., it's stopped raining for the most part in Richmond. Rain showers, however, are in forecast for tonight.

Pre-Race: Kevin Harvick will drive Chasssis No. 212 at Richmond. Casey Mears drove the same chassis earlier this year to a 20th-place finish at Phoenix and a 21st-place effort at Martinsville. Clint Bowyer won with the car at New Hampshire in September 2007 and again at Richmond in this race last year. In 15 starts at Richmond, Harvick has one win, one pole, four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.

This will be Harvick's first race with crew chief Gil Martin and the team that formerly backed Mears, a swap made this week.

Richard Childress is tied with Bud Moore for fourth-most wins by an owner at Richmond -- five with Dale Earnhardt, one with Harvick and another by Bowyer. Childress himself scored three top-10 finishes at Richmond as a driver between 1976 and 1978.